The Dave Kershner Lightning Round Podcast

A quarters worth (+/-) of The Lightning Episodes Podcast can be found here. Older archived episodes (Audio and/or Video) can be found on their respective ‘Archive’ pages: Archive - Lightning Round Podcast 2021, Archive - Lightning Round Podcast 2022, Archive - Lightning Round Podcast 2023, and Archive - Lightning Round Podcast 2024. For shorter, topic specific episodes, check out my Quick Hits episodes and see me lose my mind!

NOTE: As of August 14, 2023, all Preparedness topics formally presented under the Lightning Round banner have been re-branded () into a new podcast called The Kershner Files.

And lastly, the first year of the Lightning Round podcast was audio only. As of December 30, 2021, the podcast shifted to audio and video. The audio can be played directly from my site but the video links will navigate you to either the Contra Radio Network site or, as of late April/early May 2024, to Rumble. All episodes can still be found on popular podcast sites under the Contra Radio Network banner. Places like iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, PodBean, HubHopper, Podbay, Backtracks, and Listen Notes. Some providers allow video, but not all.

Note: All podcasts are USUALLY on hiatus during the summer and holiday weeks.

January 2025 (Episode 200 - 202)

Episode 200 - January 11, 2025 - In Episode 200, Dave starts the show by discussing the resignation of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Oh, happy days! After that, he turns his attention to the first steps the Trump administration plans to take to clean out the deep state rot in the NSC. Dave then provides an update on where some of the gold bars (billions in tax payer dollars) being thrown off the Titanic (EPA) landed and it’s not good… basically $50M went to a terrorist org masquerading as a climate change NGO. From there, he discusses SoCal getting the Maui treatment and all of the latest news and intel from this latest gov’t operation (tinfoil theory: destroy Diddy evidence). Dave closes the show with updates from the UK and the EU regarding the fact that reports are now being leaked about how various governments hid migrant sexual assault data. Articles discussed:

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Ep200 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

Episode 201 - January 18, 2025 - In Episode 201, Dave starts the show with a truncated review of foreign and domestic news headlines. After that, he begins delving into the inauguration and Trumps actions prior to even being sworn in. From there, Dave reviews the plans for mass deportation and Gen. Milley’s authorization to use next gen weapons on protesters in DC during the Summer of Love. He closes the show with a look at Title IX court ruling, the confirmation hearings, SCOTUS ruling, and the Potato commuting the sentences of another 2,500 prisoners. Articles discussed:

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Ep201 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

Episode 202 - January 25, 2025 - In Episode 202, Dave spends nearly 90 minutes free styling his way through the week that was… and what a week it truly was! Trump’s first week in office was EPIC and there was definitely no shortage of topics to cover. Executive orders galore, DEI and the deep state are receding into the shadows, Brennan crying over his security clearance, immigration crack down begins, FEMA might get shuttered, and Ohio scores a weapons plant. Europe will have to wait this week! Articles discussed:

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Ep202 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

No audio file is available for this episode due to file size limits/constraints on Squarespace.

February 2025 (Episode 203 - 205)

Episode 203 - February 8, 2025 - In Episode 203, Dave spends a fair amount of time discussing Australia, Germany, and the UKs current predicament and how they can’t seem to get out of their own way and stop digging. After that, he runs through a series of leftist meltdowns over the administration and DOGE’s actions before wrapping up the show with some steamy language from Tom Homan and the border. Articles discussed:

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Ep203 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

Episode 204 - February 15, 2025 - In Episode 204, Dave spends a fair amount of time discussing DOGE before turning his attention internationally again to Australia and Germany. He also discusses the Middle East for good measure. After that, Dave discusses some domestic faire regarding buyouts, Dallas PD, and Worcester, MA being threatened into voting for themselves to become a sanctuary city for trannies and the gender dysphoric. Articles discussed:

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Ep204 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

Episode 205 - February 22, 2025 - In Episode 205, Dave highlights the dizzying week that was by trying to hit as many of the highlights and headlines as possible. Here’s what we know or think on the international stage: Hamas terrorists in Gaza are evil personified, Germany is too afraid of being called names, and someone likely pulled the Mexican President aside and told her what’s what with the cartels in her country. On the domestic front, Trump finally has the bulk of his dream team in place, the potato granted access to IRS data to over 400 people, and if you don’t have whiplash from all of the announcements out of DOGE you haven’t been paying attention. Articles discussed:

  • TOO MANY TO LIST

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Ep205 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

March 2025 (Episode 206)

Episode 206 - March 1, 2025 - In Episode 206, Dave provides a bit of truncated show given his recent travels and levels of exhaustion. He starts the shows discussing the Pam Bondi/Kash Patel debacle regarding the Epstein client list. After that, Dave moves on to the train wreck press conference between Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy. He closes the show with a review of the German election results and Mexico sending the U.S. cartel members. It was crazy week in the political realm that’s for sure. Articles discussed:

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Ep206 Video: CRN -or- Rumble

March 2025 (Episode 207 - ???)

Episode 207 - April 5, 2025 - In Episode 207, Dave starts the show by providing some international updates from the EU, UK, Argentina and the WEF. From there, he comes back to our shores and highlights the lefts attempts to galvanize progressives in ‘resistance lab training’ sessions to take down the dictator known as Trump and his support apparatus. Dave pivots to related topics associated with judge shopping and the continued lawfare pitted against the administration, DOGE potentially looking at politicians that are ‘strangely wealthy’, and the tech wizards restoring one terabyte of deleted financial data showing fiscal support or the Taliban and Iraqi leadership. Dave closes the show by reviewing the Iranian armed forces call for a preemptive strike on Diego Garcia and a cancer research breakthrough.

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Ep207 Video: CRN -or- Rumble